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The fall concert calendar got a lot more colorful this week with the announcement of two big shows heading for South Hampton Roads. Rapper J. Cole and country-rock hot property Zac Brown Band are both headed this way. Hip-hop rising star J. Cole will play Chrysler Hall in Norfolk on Wednesday, Oct. 2. The show is part of the North Carolina-born rapper’s “What Dreams May Come” tour that also features Wale. Tickets, $50.80-$72.70, go on sale 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 2, from Ticketmaster. J.Cole’s song “Power Trip,” with features Miguel, is at No. 23 on Billboard’s Hot 100 pop chart. Secondly, the Zac Brown Band will return to Farm Bureau Live at...

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